| Like a snail's pace |
SLOW |
| Like an improperly hung picture |
ASKEW |
| Like beavers, it's said |
EAGER |
| Like some requests |
URGENT |
| Look with a curled lip |
SNEER |
| Middle Eastern rice dish (Var.) |
PILAU |
| Mr. Letterman |
DAVE |
| Muscular "swine" anagram |
SINEW |
| Nervous ___ (worrisome person) |
NELLIE |
| Not appropriate or suitable |
UNAPT |
| Nothing at all |
NIL |
| Part of a plant |
STEM |
| Place for cold cuts |
DELI |
| Play a set with the band |
SITIN |
| Plays a guitar |
STRUMS |
| Poker payment |
ANTE |
| Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner? |
SITTINGDOWN |
| Professor's job security |
TENURE |
| Questions do it |
ARISE |
| River through Wales and England |
SEVERN |
| Roth plan |
IRA |
| Rudely implying "forget it" |
WALKINGAWAY |
| See 20-Across |
ATILT |
| Sermon seating |
PEW |
| Seven on a grandfather clock |
VII |
| Silent assent |
NOD |
| Soft-palate attachment |
UVULA |
| Spectacular stars |
NOVAS |
| Tare factor |
TON |
| U.S. flag color |
RED |
| Undercover infiltrator |
SPY |
| Uses an acetylene torch |
WELDS |
| Washington the blues legend |
DINAH |
| Wear away |
ERODE |
| Wearing a hidden microphone |
WIRED |
| What a monopolist wants |
ALL |
| Workplace for some clowns |
RODEO |
| Yoga position |
LOTUS |
| ___ Major ("Big Bear" constellation) |
URSA |
